echo "Starting impermanence mount with source: $source, target: $target, path: $path."

source_current="$source"
target_current="$target"

IFS='/' read -ra path_parts <<< "$path"
unset "path_parts[-1]"

for part in "${path_parts[@]}"; do
  source_current="$source_current/$part"
  target_current="$target_current/$part"

  if [ ! -d "$source_current" ]; then
    break
  fi

  read -r mode owner group <<< "$(stat -c '%a %u %g' "$source_current")"
  install -d -m "$mode" -o "$owner" -g "$group" "$target_current"
done